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chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the other american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this and, secondly, we will get to the bottom of it. whatever -- wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. >> this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself but unfortunately it's indicative of a broader problem. what we're watching on our tv screens is the unraveling of the obama foreign policy which is making it more chaotic and us less safe. >> it's been over a month since the attack in benghazi and the details of what happened there are still trickling out tai by day. let's start from the beginning. it can be a little confusing. on september 11th a group of egyptians gathered outside the embassy in cairo. they scaled down the embassy walls and tore down the flag. that protest was in response to a 14 minute youtube film. hours later
chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the other american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this and, secondly, we will get to the bottom of it. whatever -- wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. >> this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself but unfortunately...
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the original impetus was steven's. and when he hired me, my first question to him was whether or not before i said yes, whether or not we'd have to try and cover the whole war and all four years of the administration, which i knew before i started any serious research into lincoln was going to be a complete impossibility in a 2 1/2 hour film. and he immediately agreed that we could focus on a specific segment, portion of the administration. and he already decided he didn't want to do any of the big battles. he felt he did his big war film in "private ryan" and didn't need to do that again. and he bought doris' book, and doris' "lincoln" is a political lincoln. i think the path was sort of laid out before i even came in. and then i tried for two years to figure out how to condense about half of the -- i wanted to start in september of 1863 with his secretary of the treasury sort of coming out of the closet as an opponent, basically announcing he was going to run against lincoln for the republican nomination in '64. and
the original impetus was steven's. and when he hired me, my first question to him was whether or not before i said yes, whether or not we'd have to try and cover the whole war and all four years of the administration, which i knew before i started any serious research into lincoln was going to be a complete impossibility in a 2 1/2 hour film. and he immediately agreed that we could focus on a specific segment, portion of the administration. and he already decided he didn't want to do any of the...
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steven, author of "poverty in america". steve gates, john wheel from senior service america. thank you all for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> a stunning new report on how little coverage poverty is getting in the presidential campaign. that's up next and how we are going to address these issues of poverty. why not take a day to explore your own backyard? with two times the points on travel, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. befor
steven, author of "poverty in america". steve gates, john wheel from senior service america. thank you all for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> a stunning new report on how little coverage poverty is getting in the presidential campaign. that's up next and how we are going to address these issues of poverty. why not take a day to explore your own backyard? with two times the points on travel, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire...
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god bless chris stevens and for anybody to say because what's happened is all doom and gloom, i'm thinking, oh my god, it's actually the opposite. you have been calling for moderates to come out of the wood work, they are they are. now give them credit. now, give them credit. >> yeah. there's another aspect that was disturbing. the way the media here in the u.s. used that. you have a cover from "newsweek" saying muslim outrage, they are all the same. there's an industry here of groups that used this for political reasons. i'm sorry to say that. those people who say don't vote for obama because secretly he's a muslim. we are in war with islam. it confuses and undermines the work of these mothers that she talks about. in the end of the day, there's a war within the arab world between moderates and extremists. what's happening there, the bottle that's -- even the dial that is taking place shows how the government in tunisia, egypt and libya exploit these videos. >> the fascinating thing here is the elections in libya were, the islamist parties did poorly. the muslim brotherhood didn't show. >
god bless chris stevens and for anybody to say because what's happened is all doom and gloom, i'm thinking, oh my god, it's actually the opposite. you have been calling for moderates to come out of the wood work, they are they are. now give them credit. now, give them credit. >> yeah. there's another aspect that was disturbing. the way the media here in the u.s. used that. you have a cover from "newsweek" saying muslim outrage, they are all the same. there's an industry here of...
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right now, i want to bring in mike, sports correspondent for public radio, steven who was shot in the aurora community center this summer, and dave, the author of "columbine." dave, what we are establishing in the intro and what we realized, there's no obvious answer. we can talk about the gun aspect, we can talk about domestic violence. this was an act of domestic violence killing her, but there was no pattern before of domestic violence. talk nfl head injuries, but we don't have a strong history of concussions here. columbine, everything that came out in the days after that ended up being wrong. do you see parallels here? >> yes, i do. this case is refreshing. there's a lot of recent cases. we sort of allowed ourselves, collectively, the media and the country to be in a we don't know stage. some people have their ideas. it's nice that no single narrative emerged because in the past, particularly columbine with this, within the first week, we hit it soft. the whole country knew why it happened. two outcast loners who gone through the school on a rampage of revenge against the jocks b
right now, i want to bring in mike, sports correspondent for public radio, steven who was shot in the aurora community center this summer, and dave, the author of "columbine." dave, what we are establishing in the intro and what we realized, there's no obvious answer. we can talk about the gun aspect, we can talk about domestic violence. this was an act of domestic violence killing her, but there was no pattern before of domestic violence. talk nfl head injuries, but we don't have a...
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consulate that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans. we know that they will be sifting through the rubble and ashes at the u.s. consulate and identifying individuals who may have played a role in that assault. we also understand that u.s. intelligence agent sits have deployed their assets across the country to try to pick up any intelligence that can help in that search. all indications right now according to libyan officials is this is a pre-planned attack. they have identified a few individuals. four are in custody of the libyan government. they believe these individuals may have some information that may be of value as to who is responsible for the attack. they also say they have several others under the libyan government surveillance. right now though all fingers are pointing to at least one militant group here that is closely affiliated with or at least inspired by al qaeda. that group though denies it played a role in the assault. there's no doubt though in the coming days we expect the investigation to intensify. libyan authoriti
consulate that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans. we know that they will be sifting through the rubble and ashes at the u.s. consulate and identifying individuals who may have played a role in that assault. we also understand that u.s. intelligence agent sits have deployed their assets across the country to try to pick up any intelligence that can help in that search. all indications right now according to libyan officials is this is a pre-planned attack. they have identified...
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steven, i know based on your experience in aurora and the activism you dove into into the wake of that, you probably have a strong view about when the appropriate time to have these conversations is. >> yeah. of course. that's the common argument of gun rights advocates. it's always too soon after a tragedy to be speaking about this. frankly, it's too late when these horrible events occur. we have to talk about it immediately. if we can't talk about it at that time, when can we talk about it. i commend bob for speaking out on it. he's doing something most of our politicians are afraid to do or won't do. even our president won't show leadership on this. when you consider the majority of women killed by their partners are killed by guns. to say that guns have no bearing in this conversation is absurd. >> how do you balance that kind of conversation? the sort of nra crowd is saying this is just domestic violence, guns are unrelated. there are statistics out there saying guns make it more likely that it's going to turn deadly. how should that conversation sort of be balanced, do you think?
steven, i know based on your experience in aurora and the activism you dove into into the wake of that, you probably have a strong view about when the appropriate time to have these conversations is. >> yeah. of course. that's the common argument of gun rights advocates. it's always too soon after a tragedy to be speaking about this. frankly, it's too late when these horrible events occur. we have to talk about it immediately. if we can't talk about it at that time, when can we talk about...
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. >> i want to bring in quickly, steven moore, former president of club for growth. it's great to have you, steven, thank you so much. >> good morning. >> we talk about the tax avoidance industry, things like incorporating the caymans or bermuda or corporations that are called tax blockers that you set up so you can move assets through. do you think there's anything morally questionable in engaging in that kind of behavior. just matter of first principals before we get into the details. >> as long as it's not illegal. i don't think anyone is making the allegation that mitt romney made illegal moves to illegally pay his taxes. i mean, i just think this whole discussion. look, the united states should be the tax haven country. we were founded as a country where people could come to pay less taxes and an indictment of our current tax system that rates have gotten so high and we are so uncompetitive. >> rates have gotten lower. >> rates have gone up and, in fact, you know, we're going to go up, way up next year if the tax bottom goes up. my point is, look, when you talk
. >> i want to bring in quickly, steven moore, former president of club for growth. it's great to have you, steven, thank you so much. >> good morning. >> we talk about the tax avoidance industry, things like incorporating the caymans or bermuda or corporations that are called tax blockers that you set up so you can move assets through. do you think there's anything morally questionable in engaging in that kind of behavior. just matter of first principals before we get into...
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author of searching for white topia, betsy stevens, tim carney of the washington examiner, jill nelson, author of "volunteer slavery my authentic negro experience." thank you for joining us for "up." tomorrow, we'll talk to gary gensler act the effect of grougt on food prices and amy goodman. coming up next is melissa-harris perry with more details on the shooting in aurora and explore why we in terms of civil crisis are prepared to give up civil liberties. and have we seen the end of modernation? we'll have mike castle join melissa harris-perry tomorrow. see you tomorrow at 8:00. thank you for getting up. [ man ] ever year, sophia and i use the points we earn with our citi thankyou card for a relaxing vacation. ♪ sometimes, we go for a ride in the park. maybe do a little sightseeing. or, get some fresh air. but this summer, we used our thank youpoints to just hang out with a few friends in london. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. redeem the points you've earned to tra
author of searching for white topia, betsy stevens, tim carney of the washington examiner, jill nelson, author of "volunteer slavery my authentic negro experience." thank you for joining us for "up." tomorrow, we'll talk to gary gensler act the effect of grougt on food prices and amy goodman. coming up next is melissa-harris perry with more details on the shooting in aurora and explore why we in terms of civil crisis are prepared to give up civil liberties. and have we seen...
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they have either gone to the democrat, suitor and stevens gave their seats to obama. the republicans who have been appoi appointed, john roberts reflect the modern republican party. mitt romney, to be sure, would nominate someone like cavanagh, a young judge on the d.c. circuit. very conservative. not moderate republicans. that's why one seat would make such a difference. >> and those two have very clear records as did john roberts and sam aledo. we knew exactly who they were and what they would do. the senate wasn't ready to really look at that record and make an issue. >> can i ask a theoretical question. there's two ways of thinking about this. there should be a deference to the executive in naming nominees that comport with the president's legal philosophy, ideolo ideology. applying confidence because they are qualified for the job and hey, this is politics and a woman's right to choose on the line, this is a war against all against all. do what it takes. which is your belief system? >> you have to be confident and have an exemplary record. we need a candidate, re
they have either gone to the democrat, suitor and stevens gave their seats to obama. the republicans who have been appoi appointed, john roberts reflect the modern republican party. mitt romney, to be sure, would nominate someone like cavanagh, a young judge on the d.c. circuit. very conservative. not moderate republicans. that's why one seat would make such a difference. >> and those two have very clear records as did john roberts and sam aledo. we knew exactly who they were and what...
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we know retired lapd steven downey got the most votes of 220,000 people who submitted questions to a host with the president competition. here is his competent. >> for my decades of law enforcement experience, i've come to see our country's drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources. according to the gallup poll, the number of americans who support legalizing and regulating marijuana now outnumber those who support continuing prohibition. what do you say to this growing voter constituency that wants more changes to drug policy than you have delivered in your first term? >> fortunately, we know that google ignored his question and downey's response it's worse than silly that you waste the time of the president and the american peek discussing things like midnight snacks and playing tennis when a much more pressing question in the minds of people who took the time. we are tired of the serious public policy crisis being pushed aside or laughed off. >>> finally and sadly we know we will forever be without a truly great sole pioneer. don cornelius died t
we know retired lapd steven downey got the most votes of 220,000 people who submitted questions to a host with the president competition. here is his competent. >> for my decades of law enforcement experience, i've come to see our country's drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources. according to the gallup poll, the number of americans who support legalizing and regulating marijuana now outnumber those who support continuing prohibition. what do you say...
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we'll have steven cohen of tennessee and michael hastings. >>> coming up next is melissa harris perry. in the wake of the white house's bold announcement on immigration, melissa will look at the new way to talk about immigration. more on brain drain and wage left than border control. and she'll talk to undocumented immigrants about their fears of deportation. >>> plus, the president's economic defined his vision? melissa harris-perry is coming up next. thank you for getting up. [ mechanical humming ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx. this is the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. this is the next chapter for lexus. free-credit-score-dot-com'sur boargonna direct you ♪ts ♪ ♪ to check your credit score before it gets too late ♪ ♪ and you end up strapped for cash ♪ ♪ patching your board with duct tape ♪ ♪ so hit free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ find out what credit's about ♪ ♪ or
we'll have steven cohen of tennessee and michael hastings. >>> coming up next is melissa harris perry. in the wake of the white house's bold announcement on immigration, melissa will look at the new way to talk about immigration. more on brain drain and wage left than border control. and she'll talk to undocumented immigrants about their fears of deportation. >>> plus, the president's economic defined his vision? melissa harris-perry is coming up next. thank you for getting...
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. >> one thing that's lost is that it was ambassador stevens who was in charge of asking what kind of security he needed. one thing that's lost in so much of this is that we haven't asked what risk should our diplomatics take. lost in this are so many substantive conversations that needs to be have. >> two points here. dss is not very large and not particularly well funded and doesn't have that many people. b, the way that we squared this circle in the last is we hired black water. that's what we did. after the massacre and all the problems -- >> we still hired black water, by the way. >> but in libya, it was clear that was going to be untenable. that private security forces were going to be untenable, and that's part of -- >> there's a strong argument, this is a democratically elected government in the arab world that would be very pro american. it makes sense to want to wait for that government to form and have a formal agreement with them. >> i want to turn our attention to susan rice herself. the context for this is the idea she's going to be nominated to be secretary of state. th
. >> one thing that's lost is that it was ambassador stevens who was in charge of asking what kind of security he needed. one thing that's lost in so much of this is that we haven't asked what risk should our diplomatics take. lost in this are so many substantive conversations that needs to be have. >> two points here. dss is not very large and not particularly well funded and doesn't have that many people. b, the way that we squared this circle in the last is we hired black water....
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. >> our goal today, viewers at home, stewart stevens -- the people who don't like stewart stevens who are giving those anonymous quotes to politicpolie need kevin williamson running the mitt romney campaign. >> i'm going to defend -- i think kevin's point is exactly right. >>> no, authenticity. >> i sort of agree. >> america has for a kun interest that fought to get rid of inherited wealth and inherited power -- >> is that what we fought for? >> you bet we did. >> so they exappropriated jefferson. >> it was a good fight. as a country that fought against empire, we have a lot of people who have been president. the bottom line, the rich guy presidents have, if they're smart, roosevelt, others, even kennedy, they have figured out how to live rather glamorous lives, to live rather large but to communicate that while living large they have a little bit of concern for the little guy. romney's problem is not that he is rich. romney's problem is that he cannot communicate that he has a little concern for the little guy. >> yes. there's also this awkwardness and indetermine nancy and shape shi
. >> our goal today, viewers at home, stewart stevens -- the people who don't like stewart stevens who are giving those anonymous quotes to politicpolie need kevin williamson running the mitt romney campaign. >> i'm going to defend -- i think kevin's point is exactly right. >>> no, authenticity. >> i sort of agree. >> america has for a kun interest that fought to get rid of inherited wealth and inherited power -- >> is that what we fought for? >> you...
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, and join us next sunday morning at 8:00 as we will look at atheism today with richard dawkins and steven pinker and s susan jacoby. thanks for getting "up." [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. that's good for our country's en
, and join us next sunday morning at 8:00 as we will look at atheism today with richard dawkins and steven pinker and s susan jacoby. thanks for getting "up." [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota,...
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professor of law and political science at yale and former law clerk for judge steven briar. great to have you here. let's start with reaction to the ruling. we have been chewing it over for a few days. congresswoman, i want to get your perspective because you watched the legislative bate play out and the prospect of it all crumbling at the court must have been depressing. >> it's so interesting. we were in a caucus meeting talking about ironically enough the contempt vote that was coming up. the democratic caucus was meeting and that's when the decision came down. we were confused, to be honest. >> as was america. >> and certain news networks. >> exactly. that we won't go into at this moment. but once we had a reading of it we felt vindicated. i felt vindicated. i worked hard along with colleagues to make sure all americans could have health care. the fact that -- of the matter is health care is a right, not a privilege, in my eyes. this vindicates us. >> it was interesting to see the messaging. i want to get to the constitutional questions here and some of the policy questi
professor of law and political science at yale and former law clerk for judge steven briar. great to have you here. let's start with reaction to the ruling. we have been chewing it over for a few days. congresswoman, i want to get your perspective because you watched the legislative bate play out and the prospect of it all crumbling at the court must have been depressing. >> it's so interesting. we were in a caucus meeting talking about ironically enough the contempt vote that was coming...
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. >> one thing -- the one thing that is lost is it was ambassador chris stevens in charge of asking for security. one thing that is lost is we haven't asked, what risks should our diplomats take? there are so many conversations we need to have. it's the demonization of susan rice. >> the dss is not very large and is not well funded and doesn't have that many people, a, b, the way we square this is we hired blackwater. that is what we did. it's what the state department had, the blackwater forecasts. after the massacre -- >> they still hired blackwater. >> much to the chagrin of my colleague that did reporting on it. private security was going to be unattainable to the regime. >> there's a very strong argument. this is a democratically elected government in the arab world that would be pro-american. it makes sense to want to wait for the government to form and have formal agreement with them before you push the issue. >> i want to turn our attention to susan rice. now, the context is she's going to be nominated to be secretary of state. it's what everyone is expecting. on the nonintraven
. >> one thing -- the one thing that is lost is it was ambassador chris stevens in charge of asking for security. one thing that is lost is we haven't asked, what risks should our diplomats take? there are so many conversations we need to have. it's the demonization of susan rice. >> the dss is not very large and is not well funded and doesn't have that many people, a, b, the way we square this is we hired blackwater. that is what we did. it's what the state department had, the...
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. >>> the chorus warning of a voice of military strikes against iran include steven hadly, bush security adviser played role in the false warning about iraq pursuing yellow cake uranium. hadley told a panel at the university of maryland that if something needs to be done it is not military action. we know that hadley's jim has been off in the past but if even he is warning against military action in iran we know just how far outside the mainstream those confidently urging it truly r you can submit your own now we knows at up msnbc.com and we will find out what our guests know now that they did not know went week began right after this. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and tra
. >>> the chorus warning of a voice of military strikes against iran include steven hadly, bush security adviser played role in the false warning about iraq pursuing yellow cake uranium. hadley told a panel at the university of maryland that if something needs to be done it is not military action. we know that hadley's jim has been off in the past but if even he is warning against military action in iran we know just how far outside the mainstream those confidently urging it truly r...
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. >> ambassador stevens wanted to be there. we gutted the budget. >> you are right. it's been cut 10% since 2010. the real issue is what are the implications and our positions there in libya? are we headed in the right direction? my argument is yes, overall. we have a military command over africa with more drones being requested for that. >> it's not the right direction? it is. >> it's not to me. we are understanding al qaeda has me tas sized to me. when you look at libya itself and understand the representation and recent legislature elections, the majority of those 100 represented were moderate. as you look more toward the east and see that more, then they said wait a moment. i may not agree with the united states. what is happening in syria is outrageous. you begin to say we have an egyptian islamic government that becomes two strong boneworks opening the suitcase in the arab world. it can help us. are we in the general right direction? yeah. is it going to be spotty? yes. so was it in the bush years when a diplomat was killed in pakistan. >> the case the romney/r
. >> ambassador stevens wanted to be there. we gutted the budget. >> you are right. it's been cut 10% since 2010. the real issue is what are the implications and our positions there in libya? are we headed in the right direction? my argument is yes, overall. we have a military command over africa with more drones being requested for that. >> it's not the right direction? it is. >> it's not to me. we are understanding al qaeda has me tas sized to me. when you look at...
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steven carter? >> what people should know this week is with all of the scandal at penn state involving joe paterno and so on, we saw a similar scandal with much less attention in montana football team as well. it's merely the tip of the iceberg. wherever you have enormous power concentrated with people surrounded by lots and lots of ak al co-lights and lots of followers. >> i think there's been an interesting conversation that's been opened up about college sports in the last year. >> it's not just sports. in all the areas of life where we tend to elevate people high and a lot of people's living depends on keeping them at the high elevation, that's where we're going to mention it. >> victoria? >> i want to talk about the drought. we have seen a fall in these crops which means increases in grain prices. so what does this mean? you have a decrease in crops, you have people going hungry, economic instability which leads to political instability. down the road, thinking about that connection of food and
steven carter? >> what people should know this week is with all of the scandal at penn state involving joe paterno and so on, we saw a similar scandal with much less attention in montana football team as well. it's merely the tip of the iceberg. wherever you have enormous power concentrated with people surrounded by lots and lots of ak al co-lights and lots of followers. >> i think there's been an interesting conversation that's been opened up about college sports in the last year....
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i mean, steven kim at the state department, a nuclear scientist who he was asked to speak to fox news, he only -- what he told them was open source information. now he's been, you know, under investigation, under house arrest for, what, a year, just because of the unprecedented crackdown. and of course, it's okay for top-level officials to talk to bob woodward to leak the strategic assessment of afghanistan to ratchet up the calls for increasing troops. they never paid any price whatsoever. it's always the low-ranking individuals. and there is such a disparate crackdown within the administration. and it also extends to the drone strikes. the level of secrecy, why that legal memo -- i mean, the way obama has seized executive power in that domain makes dick cheney blush. >> i don't quite agree with that. but i think in the case of awlaki, there is an important point here. and that is when awlaki, who is, of course, an american citizen, who was accused of being associated with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula was killed by a drone strike and there was a lot of controversy over the legal
i mean, steven kim at the state department, a nuclear scientist who he was asked to speak to fox news, he only -- what he told them was open source information. now he's been, you know, under investigation, under house arrest for, what, a year, just because of the unprecedented crackdown. and of course, it's okay for top-level officials to talk to bob woodward to leak the strategic assessment of afghanistan to ratchet up the calls for increasing troops. they never paid any price whatsoever....
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transportation, trucking, rail and airport, there was a left-right synthesis on that, ralph nader, steven breyer. >> those lessons were taken to the next frontier, the last great regulated industry, which was finance. and it turned out that treating finance like energy and transportation was a terrible idea. which is by the way, also a left-right coalition, most of the work was done in the clinton years. it is a rhetorical -- >> it was a democrat/republican coalition, i don't know if it was a left/right coalition. >> the important work was done in 1998, 1999 and 2000, not during the bush years. it led to the trauma. but i think people want -- you want to be careful with your language. no one would want to go back to regulating rail rates and no one thinks regulating the price of natural gas is a good idea. finance is different. >> i would beg to differ. >> we don't have to get into that. but -- >> that's an answer that is so old we've already forgotten the question. >> as a matter of the politics in this. almost nothing in public life is ever all or nothing, black or white. and over the e
transportation, trucking, rail and airport, there was a left-right synthesis on that, ralph nader, steven breyer. >> those lessons were taken to the next frontier, the last great regulated industry, which was finance. and it turned out that treating finance like energy and transportation was a terrible idea. which is by the way, also a left-right coalition, most of the work was done in the clinton years. it is a rhetorical -- >> it was a democrat/republican coalition, i don't know...
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i want to bring in steven, a professor of media studies of the university of virginia and author of "the googlization of everything." and siva, great to have you here. >> good morning. >> let's talk through the actual policy does and looks like because there's a lot of -- like anything that happens in this realm, i think, because it's so sort of close and personal to people, there is a lot of sort of contentiousness about it. how would you characterize it? >> one way to clarify everything is distinguish the policy from the practice. the next of the policy is, in many ways, an upgrade, a real improvement in the sense that google used to have distinct privacy policies attached to each of its products or each of its services, right? so your g-mail privacy policy would be different or at least in a different place than your web search or your i google or your blogger or your youtube privacy policy. what they have done now is created a single comprehensive privacy policy and rewritten it in pretty straightforward language which i think is a pretty good model for the sort of sentence struct
i want to bring in steven, a professor of media studies of the university of virginia and author of "the googlization of everything." and siva, great to have you here. >> good morning. >> let's talk through the actual policy does and looks like because there's a lot of -- like anything that happens in this realm, i think, because it's so sort of close and personal to people, there is a lot of sort of contentiousness about it. how would you characterize it? >> one way...
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. >> steven giving us a brief gloss of the thesis here. let's talk about this point of contention. jonathan, you're saying, look. we all have moral -- we all sort of morally reason in the same way or we all end up in teams and then we reverse engineer reasons to believe in what our team predisposes us to believe and that cuts across left and right. you're saying no, there's something distinct right in in the american right that makes it distinctly an extremely hostile assignment. so defend that. >> i i grew with him. there's experiments when you can get the left to be more biassed than the right. so i agree with that. never the less, i think there's something about the liberal psychology in its affiliation with the scientific community and its willingness to change its views over time such that you might have liberal biases and i think evolution is the great example. i'm a liberal. i think you can understand human beings outside of evolution. clearly, maybe three decades ago, i wouldn't have been comfortable feeling that way. but i missed all of that. and i'm all for it. and the le
. >> steven giving us a brief gloss of the thesis here. let's talk about this point of contention. jonathan, you're saying, look. we all have moral -- we all sort of morally reason in the same way or we all end up in teams and then we reverse engineer reasons to believe in what our team predisposes us to believe and that cuts across left and right. you're saying no, there's something distinct right in in the american right that makes it distinctly an extremely hostile assignment. so...